SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
| Citation: R. v. Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 268
|
Appeal heard: April 29, 2016 Judgment rendered: April 29, 2016 Docket: 36704 |
Between:
John Thomas Shaoulle
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.
| Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1) |
McLachlin C.J. (Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring) |
R. v. Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 268
John Thomas Shaoulle Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Shaoulle
2016 SCC 16
File No.: 36704.
2016: April 29.
Present: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan
Criminal law — Appeals — Unreasonable verdict — Verdict of trial judge reasonable — Accused’s conviction for first degree murder upheld.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Jackson, Klebuc and Ottenbreit JJ.A.), 2015 SKCA 101, 467 Sask. R. 86, 651 W.A.C. 86, [2016] 2 W.W.R. 246, [2015] S.J. No. 492 (QL), 2015 CarswellSask 572 (WL Can.), upholding the accused’s conviction for first degree murder entered by Allbright J., 2013 CarswellSask 978 (WL Can.). Appeal dismissed.
Brian Pfefferle and Amy L. Kolenick, for the appellant.
W. Dean Sinclair, Q.C., for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
[1] The Chief Justice — The appeal is dismissed for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Pfefferle Law Office, Saskatoon.
Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Regina.